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The character "簇" originally depicted a dense cluster of bamboo shoots, an imagery directly suggested by its structural composition which combines the bamboo radical (⺮) with the phonetic and semantic component 族 (zú), meaning clan or family, thus conveying a sense of things growing or gathered tightly together as a group. Its core meaning has consistently revolved around the idea of clustering or forming a dense mass, starting from the concrete observation of plants and extending to more abstract or figurative uses, such as a cluster of stars or a gathering of people. Over time, while retaining this central concept, its application broadened to function as a verbal meaning "to crowd around" or as a quantifier for bunched items, maintaining a conceptual link to its etymological foundation of collective proximity.
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这里有一簇鲜花。
孩子们簇拥着老师。
她买了一件簇新的外套。
山坡上簇生着许多野花。
一簇簇火焰在黑暗中闪耀。
观众簇拥在舞台周围。
这些数据点簇集在中心附近。
簇新的科技产品吸引了不少消费者。